Call for Nominations

Manya Ratna Award 

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Selection Criteria

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The screening committee and Selection committee consisting of the following persons will make the final selection of the award:

 

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Members of the Screening/Searching Committee

1.Manya Pragathi Vice-chairman                                          Chairman

2.Manya Pragathi Vice –president                                          Member

3. Manya Pragathi Nominee (Women)                                    Member

4.  Manya Pragathi Nominee  (Women)                                  Member

5. Manya Pragathi Nominee                                                    Member

6.Manya Pragathi Joint- secretary                                           Member

7. Manya Pragathi Treasury                                                     Member   

8. Manya Pragathi Co-convener                                              Member

9. Manya Pragathi Executive all Members                               Member

9. Manya Pragathi convener                                                    Secretary      

    

 

Members of the Selection Committee

1.Manya Pragathi Chairman                                                   Chairman

2.Manya Pragathi President                                                    Member

3. Manya Pragathi Nominee (Women)                                    Member

4. Manya Pragathi Nominee                                                    Member

5. Manya Pragathi Nominee                                                    Member

6.Manya Pragathi General secretary                                       Secretary

 

In doing so, selecting criteria of the Manya Pragathi shall ensure that experts from the concerned fields are scrutinizing the applications and nominations received from indigenous people.

 

Conditions rendering nominations ineligible:

b) Nominations not received in prescribed Pro-forma/incomplete in any

respect and /or received after the last date will not be considered.

c) Nominations found to be suppressing information or giving false and

misleading information would be disqualified for the grant of an award.

5. The Manya Pragathi reserves the right not to grant an award for a year if suitable

nominations have not been received.

Pro-forma for nomination can be downloaded from the Manya Pragathi website www.manyapragathi.com. 

Nominations in either soft copy can mail to manyapragathi@gmail.com or the hard copy can be sent by post, and the entries should be submitted in a packet/envelope super scribed with the words entries for the Manya Ratna Award.  The nominations must be reached by the 30th of June 2024, to the President, Manya Pragathi, Seedhi Village, Samarelli post, Seethampeta Mandalam, Srikakulam Dt, Andhra Pradesh– 532 460.

 

4. Date and Venue of Awards:

The award will be announced every year on the date to be specified by the Manya Pragathi and will be given away in Seethampeta on eve of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9th August. The awardees shall be invited to come to receive the award and the traveling and other allowable costs incurred by him/her would be reimbursed.

 

5. General guidelines and conditions.

(a) Presentation of the award shall be made on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9th August and time to be announced by the Manya Pragathi each year.

(b) The awardees shall be invited to receive the award in person.

(c) The awardees would be given TA/DA by First Class/AC 2-tier rail and Bus fare and arrangements for their stay would be made by the Manya Pragathi. Lady and handicapped awardees are entitled to bring one escort. They will also be given TA/DA at par with the awardees.

In case of any dispute, the decision of the Manya Pragathi shall be final and binding on all concerned. No representation will be entertained. Normally the award will not be presented posthumously.

 

ANNEXURE-I

Application form for the Manya Ratna award

Note: This application form consists of two parts. The first part needs to be completed and signed by the candidate. The second part needs to be completed, signed, and/ stamped by the indigenous nominating organization or indigenous community. In view of the high number of applications received, we strongly encourage you to send your form - well before the deadline - by post. Application forms must be accompanied by a recommendation letter from the nominating organization or the community. Incomplete forms will not be taken into consideration.

 

PART I - To be completed by the candidate

1. Family name:                                             First name:

2. Gender:

3. Date of birth:

4. Place of birth:

5. Marital status:

6. Cast:

7. Indigenous people/nation:

8. Nationality:

9. Address:

10. Tel.:

11. Fax:

12. E-mail:

13. Address: 

14. Education (college and/or university, or equivalent):

15. Other types of training or education:

16. Experience: Using chronological order, please describe your past and present experiences/activities that contributed to the protection and promotion of indigenous peoples’ rights in your country.

(Use additional pages, if necessary)

17. Other relevant information/experience:

18. Category for which the person is being nominated (_ mark the category) (The person being nominated should possess a Scheduled Tribe Certificate issued by the competent authority and a copy to be enclosed).

19. Details of achievement (certificates to be enclosed).

20. Name, occupation, designation, contact details of the candidate.

 

I certify that the statements made by me in answer to the foregoing questions are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Place and Date:                                                      Signature:

 

PART II - To be completed by the indigenous nominating candidate /organization/ community

1. Name of indigenous organization or community:

2. Name of indigenous people/nation represented:

3. Address:

4. Tel.:

5. Fax:

6. E-mail:

7. The organization. (Use additional paper if necessary)

8 Short description of the organization (status, mandate, activities). Please also provide a few concrete examples of positive achievements resulting from the activities of the organization and which contributed to advance the protection of Indigenous Peoples’ rights:

9 Short description of the problems that confront your people/community:

10. Reasons for sending this candidate in particular. 

11. Present responsibilities within the organization:

 

 

VERIFICATION

Verified that all statements made above are true to the best of my knowledge and

have been made in the clear understanding of being true.

 

Place and Date: --------                                                            Signature of the proposer